It Sure Is Nice to Know Me (HA!) Special Newspaper Article Written About Yours Truly!

Friday, January 4, 2013, 02:49 PMPosted by Manny

Nicole C. Brambila from The Desert Sun, the Gannet-owned newspaper in the Palm Springs market, wrote an article about moi! Yay! And it's a well-written article about my life as a film critic, marketing director, and just about my life in general. Here's an excerpt:

It fits his over-the-top, bubbly persona. This is Manny The Movie Guy. And yes, he is.

“Why do you think I’m a marketing director?” says the 44-year-old Dela Rosa. “It feeds me. But being a film critic is my passion.”

With the Oscar nominations announcement just days away, we sat down with Dela Rosa to chat about golden statues, his crazy obsession with “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and his favorite celebrity interviews.

But to get inside the head of the desert’s favorite movie critic, we have to go to the Philippines, where Dela Rosa was born and spent his formative years. He moved to Indiana as a bright-eyed 20-year-old to go to college in the late 1980s, but not before he performed on Filipino TV as a dancer in his “skinny” days.

The 24th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) is currently underway. And it’s in my hood! I live in the lovely Coachella Valley, and the Film Festival is surely one of our biggest highlights of the year! This is important, not only in the valley, but also in Hollywood. The Film Festival is one of the major stops on the road to Oscar glory. And this awards season, there are many sure-fire Oscar contenders that are visiting our lovely Palm Springs for the red carpet gala happening on Saturday, January 5th. I will be live on the red carpet to interview stars such as Ben Affleck, Bradley Cooper, Sally Field, Helen Hunt, and much, much more! Take a look at the star-studded roll call in this special segment on the 24th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF).

"Perks of Being a Wallflower" Receives Writers Guild Awards Nomination! See Complete List of Nominees!

Friday, January 4, 2013, 02:17 PMPosted by Manny

The Writers Guild of America has announced nominations for the 2013 Writers Guild Awards honoring outstanding achievement in writing for the screen. And I'm sooo happy that Stephen Chbosky, who also wrote the book and directed "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," is nominated for the Adapted Screenplay category.

Some of the usual suspects this awards season made the cut such as "Moonrise Kingdom" (another yay!), "The Master," "Zero Dark Thirty," "Argo," "Lincoln," and "Silver Linings Playbook." Missing are "Django Unchained," "Beasts of the Southern Wild," and "Les Miserables."

We'll find out who will win the 2013 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday, February 17th.

Here's the complete list of nominees; for winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, click here:

"Skyfall" Receives Producers Guild Awards Nomination! See Full Nominees List Including Television

Wednesday, January 2, 2013, 06:44 PMPosted by Manny

The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has announced the nominees in both motion picture and television for the 24th Annual Producers Guild Awards. "Skyfall" made the cut as one of the nominees of the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures.

Winners will be announced on January 26th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Here's the complete list of nominees (including television); for winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, click here:

The Award for Outstanding Digital Series“30 Rock: The Webisodes” (www.nbc.com)“Bravo’s Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen” (www.bravotv.com)“Dexter Early Cuts: All in the Family” (www.sho.com)“The Guild” (www.watchtheguild.com)“H+ The Digital Series” (www.youtube.com/user/HplusDigitalSeries)